Display package



Dec. 18, 1962 H. v. BOLDING DISPLAY PACKAGE 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 18, 1959 INVENTOR HUBERT V. BOLDING IAMM- HIS ATTORNEYS Dec. 18, 1962 v, BQLDING 3,069,004

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HIS ATTORNEYS Dec. 18, 1962 H. v. BOLDING DISPLAY PACKAGE 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Aug. 18, 1959 m n H M u v n M INVENTOR HUBERT V. BOLDING HIS ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,069,004 Patented Dec. 18, 1962 fihce,

3,069,004 DISPLAY PACKAGE Hubert V. Holding, Clarksviile, Ind, assignor to Standard Packaging Corporation, New York, N.Y., a corporation of Virginia 7 Filed Aug. 18, 1959, Ser. No. 834,599 7 Claims. (Cl. 266-4514) This invention relates to a collapsible and erectable partitioned display package.

The partitioned package of the present invention is supplied in collapsed condition, but it is easily and quickly set up for use. In set up condition it accommodates a plurality of articles therein in side-by-side relationship with protective separations therebetween. These separations divide the package into a plurality of compartments which are exposed to view from the front, thus affording an attractive display package in which the articles packaged therein are visible to the prospective purchaser.

The display package of the present invention includes a pair of foldable walls hinged to a main panel, a pinrality of foldable partitions connecting one wall with the-main panel, and a plurality of folda ble partitions connecting the other wall with the main panel. In collapsed condition, the hinged walls are folded toward each other so asto overlie the main panel, and each of the partitions automatically folds flat along a diagonal fold line. The package is quickly and conveniently set up by lifting the free edges of the hinged walls away from the main panel and pivoting them to positions substantially perpendicular to the main panel. As the hinged walls are pivoted with respect to the main panel, the foldable partitions unfold and are lifted to positions substantially perpendicular to both the main panel and the hinged'walls in erected positions, thereby defining partitions in the package. The fold-able partitions also serve to. limit the pivotal movement of each of the side walls from a position overlying the main panel to a position substantially perpendicular to the main panel. The objectsto be packaged can then be i ntroduced into thecompartments formed by the partitions and the articles thus packaged will maintain the foldable Walls in their erected positions. A group of articles thus assembled in the pack-age can be readily secured therein by wrapping the assemblage in an outer.

transparent sheet or by placing a band around the articles and the main panel.

For a complete understanding of the present invention, reference maybe made to the detailed description which follows, and 'tothe accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the display package of the. present invention with tumblers shown in dotted lines packaged therein;

FIGURE 2 is a face view of the blank from which the package shown in FIGURE 1 is formed;

FIGURE 3 is a front view of the packagev in collapsed condition;

FIGURES 4 and 5 are sectional views taken along the lines 44 and 5-5, of FIGURE 1 respectively, looking in the direction of the arrows; i

FIGURE 6 is a face View of a blank from which a modifiedform of the package is made;

iFiGURE 7 is. a front view of a display package in collapsed condition made. from the blank shown in FIG- URE 6;

FIGURE 8. is a front view of the display package shown in FIGURE 7 in erected condition;

FIGURES 9 and 10 are. sectional views taken along the lines 9-9 and 10.-10, respectively, looking in the direction ofthe arrows;

FIGURE 11 is a perspective view of still another modified form of the display package;

FIGURE 12 is a face View of the blank from which the display package shown in FIGURE 13 is made;

FIGURE 13 is a front view of the package shown in FIGURE 11 in collapsed condition;

FIGURES 14 and 15 are sectional views taken along the lines I L-I4 and 15-15, respectively, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, the display package illustrated in FIGURES 1 to 5 is formed from a cut and scored blank shown in FIGURE 2. The blank includes. a rectangular main panel 20, a pair of folding walls 21 and 2.2 defined by the fold or score lines 23 and 24, respectively, and a fold-back panel 25 connected to the main panel by a fold line 26. *In the particular form shown, the package is intended to accommodate a pinrality of tumblers T, shown in broken lines, in FIGURES 4 and 5, and accordingly opposite ends of the walls 21 and 22. are of semicircular configuration. It is apparent, however, that articles of other shapes can be packaged therein and that the ends of the walls can be of different configuration.

The fold-back panel is out along lines 27 to provide a plurality of foldable partitions 28 along one edge of the fold-back panel 25 and a plurality of foldable. partitions 29 along the opposite edge thereof. The foldable partitions 28 are each connected by fold lines 30 to the fold-back panel 25; similarly, the foldable partitions 29 are each connected by fold lines 31 to the fold-back panel 25. The fold lines 30: are all parallel to each other and perpendicular to the fold line 23 which connects the folding wall 231 and the main panel 20; similarly, the fold. lines 3-]. are all parallel to each other and perpendicular to the fold line 24 which connects the folding Wall 22 and the main panel 20.

Each of the folda-ble partitions 28 is provided with adiagonal fold or score line 32 which divides each of the foldable. partitions into portions 33 and 34. Similarly, each of the foldable partitions 29 is provided with a. diagonal. fold or score. line 35 which divides each of the foldable partitions into portions 36 and 37, Tabs 38 and '40 are connected by fold lines 39 and 41, respectively, to the portions 33 and 36, respectively, ofthe foldable partitions. The fold lines 39 are all in line and. in substantial alignment with the projection of the fold line 23; also, the fold lines 41 are all in line and in substantial alignment with the fold line. 24'.

The diagonal fold or score lines 32 lie between the fold or score lines 30 and 39 and. pass through the points of intersection of the projections of the score, lines I 30 and 39, forming an angle of 45 with respect to the fold or score lines 30. A similar relationship exists with respect to the diagonal fold lines 35 and the fold lines 31 and 41.

In the construction of the display package of the present invention from the blank shown in FIGURE 2, the panel 25 is folded back against the face of the main panel 20 along the fold line 2. 6 and the fold-back panel is glued or otherwise affixed to the panel 20 in face-to-face relations perpendicular with respect to the main panel 20 (as shown in FIGURES 4 and 5), the partitions 2B and 29 will unfold and, at the same time, be lifted to a plane substantially perpendicular to both the panel 20 and the wall 21 in the case of the partitions 28 and the panel 20 and the wall 22 in the case of the partitions 29. The partitions 28 and 29 also limit the pivotal movements of the walls 21 and 22, respectively, to positions substantially perpendicular to the main panel 20.

When the display package of the present invention is erected in the manner described above, the partitions 28 and 29 form separations so that articles, such as the tumblers T, may be placed in the individual compartments formed thereby. If the tumblers are made of glass or other breakable material, the partitions 28 and 29 serve as protective barriers to prevent breakage. If the height of the articles is approximately equal to the distance between the fold lines 23 and 24 of the folding walls 21 and 22, the articles will maintain the panels 21 and 22 in their open positions. In the case of the tumblers T, since they are slightly flared, they are preferably arranged such that adjacent tumblers are inverted in relation to each other.

The tumblers thus packaged may be wrapped in a transparent sheet so that the articles packaged therein are readily visible from the front. In lieu of a transparent sheet wrapping, a band B of transparent or opaque material may be wrapped around the front of the articles and the back of the panel 20 so that the band will maintain the articles in their proper positions against the panel 26.

A modified form of the display package of the present invention is shown in FIGURES 6 to 10, inclusive. In this embodiment, a fold-back panel 51 is connected to the main panel 20 by a fold line 51 and another fold-back panel 52 is connected to the opposite end of the main panel 20 by a fold line 53. In this example, the foldback panel 50 is out along lines 54 to provide a plurality of foldable partitions 55 along one edge and a plurality of foldable partitions 56 along the opposite edge of the fold-back panel. The construction of the foldable partitions 55 and 56 is identical to the foldable partitions 28 and 29 described above. In this case, however, the foldback panel 52 is also out along lines 57 to provide a foldable partition 58 on one edge and a foldable parti tion 59 on the opposite edge.

The display package shown in FIGURES 7 to is constructed from the blank shown in FIGURE 6 by folding back the panel 50 against the main panel 20 along the fold line 51 and by folding back in the opposite direction the panel 52 along the fold line 53. The fold-back panels 50 and 52 are glued or otherwise aflixed to the main panel. The tabs 60 of the foldable partitions 55 and the tabs 61 of the foldable partitions 56 are fixed to the folding walls 21 and 22 in the same fashion as the tabs 38 and 40 described above. The tabs 62 of the foldable partitions 58 and the tabs 63 of the foldable partitions 59 are also fixed in the same manner, except that they face in the opposite direction from the tabs 60 and 61, as best shown in FIGURES 8 and 9.

Still another form or embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGURES 11 to 15, inclusive. In this embodiment a fold-back panel 70 is connected by a fold line 71 to the outer edge of the wall 21, or that is to say, the edge opposite the fold line 23. A fold-back panel 72 is also connected by a fold line 73 to the edge of the wall 22 opposite the fold line 24. The fold-back panel 70 is out along lines 75 to provide a plurality of foldable partitions 76, and the fold-back panel 72 is cut along lines '77 to provide a plurality of foldable partitions 78. The foldable partitions 76 are each connected by a fold line 78 to the fold-back panel 70; similarly, the foldable partitions 78 are each connected by a fold line 80 to the fold-back panell72. The fold lines 78 and 80 are perpendicular to the fold lines 23 and 24. Each of the foldable partitions 76 is provided with a diagonal fold line 82 which extends at an angle of 45 to the fold line 79. Also, each of the foldable partitions 78 is provided with a diagonal fold line 83 which extends at an angle of 45 to the fold line 80. The foldable partitions 76 are divided into portions 84 and 85 by the diagonal fold lines 82; likewise, the foldable partitions 78 are divided into portions 86 and 87 by the diagonal fold lines 83. Tabs 88 are connected to the portions 84 by fold lines 89; similarly, tabs 20 are connected by fold lines 91 to the portions '86. The fold lines 89 of each of the foldable partitions 86 are in line with one another and fold lines 91 of each of the foldable partitions 78 are also in line with one another. The spacing between the fold line 71 and each of the fold lines 89 is equal to the spacing between the fold lines 23 and 71; similarly, the spacing between the fold line 73 and each of the fold lines 91 is equal to the spacing between the fold lines 24 and 73.

The display package shown in FIGURES 11 and 13 to 15 is constructed from the blank shown in FIGURE 12 by folding back the panels 70 and 72 along the fold lines 71 and 73, respectively, against the faces of the folding walls 21 and 22, respectively. The fold-back panel 70 is glued or otherwise affixed to the wall 21 leaving the foldable partition 76 free; similarly, the foldback panel '72 is glued or otherwise aflixed to the wall 22 leaving the foldable partition 78 free. Each of the foldable partitions 76 is folded along its diagonal fold line 82, and each of the foldable partitions 78 is folded along its diagonal fold line 83. Glue or other adhesive is then applied to the exposed faces of the tabs 88 and 9t) and the walls 21 and 22 are both folded back against the main panel 26 affixing the tabs 88 and 90 to the main panel 20. The display carton at this stage is shown in FIGURE 13 of the drawings. Thereupon, when the folding walls 21 and 22 are lifted to positions perpendicular to the main panel 20, the foldable partitions 76 and 78 unfold and lift to positions perpendicular to both the main panel 20 and the walls 21 and 22. Thus, the display package illustrated in FIGURE 11 is to all intents and purposes the equivalent of the display package illustrated in FIGURE 1, notwithstanding the fact that the blank from which it was made (shown in FIGURE 12) is of different configuration from the blank shown in FIGURE 2.

The invention has been shown in preferred forms and by way of example, and obviously many other variations and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention. The invention, therefore, is not to be limited to any particular form or embodiment except insofar as these limitations are expressly set forth in the claims.

I claim:

1. A collapsible and erectable partitioned display package comprising a main panel, a pair of panels hinged to opposite edges of the main panel by fold lines, said pair of hinged panels folding toward each other and in collapsed position overlying the main panel, at least one fold-back panel connected to one of the three aforesaid panels by a fold line, a foldable partition forming part of said fold-back panel and connected to the fold-back panel proper by a fold line, said foldable partition being divided into two portions by a diagonal fold line, and a tab connected by a fold line to the outer edge of the foldable partition, the fold-back panel being folded back and afiixed to the panel to which it is connected by a fold line, and the tab being affixed to the panel adjacent the panel to which the fold-back panel is afiixed, whereby the foldable partition automatically folds along its diagonal fold line when the respective hinged panel is folded to overlie the main panel but unfolds and lifts to a plane perpendicular to both the rear panel and the hinged panel when the hinged panel is lifted to a position perpendicular to the main panel.

2. A collapsible and erectable partitioned display package as set forth in claim 1 in which the fold-back panel is connected to the main panel and includes at least two foldable partitions, one along one edge and the other along an opposite edge, one of the foldable partitions being in the corner between the main panel and one hinged panel when it is in erected position and the other foldable partition being in the corner between the main panel and the other hinged panel when it is in erected position.

3. A collapsible and erectable partitioned display package as set forth in claim 1 in which fold-back panels are attached to opposite edges of the main panel.

4. A collapsible and erectable' partitioned display package as set forth in claim 1 in which fold-back panels are attached to both hinged walls.

5. A collapsible and erectable partitioned display package formed from a blank comprising a main panel, a pair ofpanels hinged to the main panel along parallel fold lines spaced apart from each other, the panels folding toward each other and in collapsed condition overlying the main panel, at least one fold-back panel connected to one of the aforesaid panels by a fold line, the foldback panel being folded back and affixed in face-to-face relationship to the panel to which it is connected by a fold line, foldable partitions at opposite edges of thefoldback panel, each of said foldable partitions being connected to the fold-back panel by a single fold line which extends substantially perpendicular to said parallel fold lines, a diagonal fold line in each of the foldable partitions extending at an angle of 45 to the fold line which connects the foldable partition to the fold-back panel, and a tab connected to each foldable partition by a fold line, said tab being affixed in face-to-face relationship to the panel adjacent the panel to which the fold-back panel is afiixed in face-to-face relationship, whereby the portions of the foldable partitions on opposite sides of the diagonal fold lines fold against each other when the hinged panels are folded back to overlie the main panel and unfold to form partitions when the hinged panels are pivoted away from the main panel.

6. A multiple compartment display package made from a blank comprising a main panel, a pair of panels hinged to the main panel, said main panel and both of said hinged panels pivoting from a collapsed position overlying the main panel to an erected position substantially perpendicular to the main panel, and diagonally-scored folding partitions connecting each of the hinged panels with the main panel and limiting the pivotal movement of the hinged panels from positions overlying the main panel to positions substantially perpendicular to the main panel, said diagonally-scored folding partitions connecting the hinged panels and the main panel intermediate the ends of said main and hinged panels to form compart ments on both sides of said folding partitions, said scored folding partitions folding between the hinged panels and the main panel when the hinged panels are in collapsed positions and lifting to define article-receiving compartments between the ends of the main and hinged panels when the hinged panels are pivoted to their erected positions.

7. A display package as set forth in claim 6 including an article within each of the article-receiving compartments and a band encircling the main panel and the articles to secure the articles within the package.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,222,211 Arneson Nov. 19, 1940 2,333,560 Gray Nov. 2, 1943 2,673,023 Vander Lugt Mar. 23, 1954 2,764,335 Kleingers Sept. 25, 1956 2,888,164 Corwin May 26, 1959 2,917,877 Fisher Dec. 22, 1959 FOREIGN PATENTS 699,345 Great Britain Nov. 4, 1953 

